UK Policing News

The father of a 10-year-old girl who was arrested, handcuffed and locked in a cell for almost six hours has criticised police for being 'heavy-handed'. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...0#ixzz0P9pwKEMm First off, bring up your kid correctly and you won`t have to go through this Mr Blake. 10 is the age you are legally responsible for your actions. Secondly, have i read this right? The Daily mail sticking up for the Police? :clapping:

Source Police 'steal' valuables from cars in a lesson for drivers Officers in London are taking everything from handbags to satnavs, and leaving a note telling drivers their property is at a local police station. The scheme is being tried out in Richmond, south west London, which has a disproportionately high level of thefts from cars - up 40 per cent in a year. Police have been taking valuables from unlocked cars and leaving notes for owners in Richmond, London (file photo) Police from the area's Safer Neighbourhood teams are being told to look out for cars with open windows or doors. If they find valuables on display they will try to find the owner nearby, b…

Source This is interesting Britain is the most watched country in Europe with over 5million CCTV cameras and out of how many of them are in london only 1 out of 1000 has been used to solve a crime!

Source How awful a tragic accident thoughts are with family and friends at this time!

Source A DIM-WITTED thief was arrested after he went for an interview at a supermarket he had raided just three days earlier. Dumb Simon Holden, 22, applied for a job as a shelf stacker at his local Asda despite having previously stolen from the store. The jobless crook secured an interview for the role — but was quickly rumbled by the manager. While Holden sat in his interview, bosses reviewed CCTV footage, which featured him escaping from the store with four boxes of lager. Fearing he had been found out, the prospective candidate fled the supermarket, in Colne, Lancs — only stopping to steal two more crates of booze. Holden was arrested hours later and ch…

You really can't make this stuff up. From : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...l-refinery.html

Source About time these are reclassified They are dangerous

Source I dont see any problem with this new bit of kit Any thing better than what is already issued is a good thing! If it makes the safety of officers greater then what whats the problem?

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/I..._Is_Ineffective An internal police report has raised serious concerns about whether CCTV is being used effectively in the fight against crime. Have they got the wrong end of the stick? I always thought the cameras were there to prevent crime rather then catching those who would commit it. Most people who wish to do a criminal act would not do it under the watchful eye of a camera. So the figures we want to see is, how many crimes were done in a certain area before the camera was installed, and how many done now in the same spot after the installation of a camera. If figures were down by 50% then the cameras must be deemed a …

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/B..._7,_Was_Rescued A boy almost choked to death after a gang of children strung him up and hung him from a tree with a home-made noose, it has emerged. Reminds one much of the James Bulger case, there are some horrible people out there. :nono:

Heard this as it happend on the radio last night. Pitch dark and quite cold last night so well done! >LINK< Man and girl rescued from water Police officers have rescued a young man and woman from the water in a County Antrim coastal town. The incident began when a 20-year-old man entered the water close to the Marine Highway in Carrickfergus at about 2300 BST on Friday. A 17-year-old girl is then believed to have jumped in to try to save him. Two police officers swam out with life-belts and pulled the couple to safety. All four were taken to hospital as a precaution. Inspector Alexander Johnston paid tribute to the "considerable bravery" of the officers…

BOBBIES are walking the streets of Liverpool in the dead of night to make sure the door is firmly shut on burglars. Constables have been out around burglary hot-spots in Everton and Walton rattling door handles in the early hours of the morning to see which have been left unlocked. Over three nights this week they have tried more than 1,500 doors and found nearly 50 houses left wide open. And police chiefs have said Operation Handle will carry on until the public get the message and they can walk the streets without finding any open doors. Chief Insp Shaun Holland said: “It is amazing really that we have leafleted these streets to tell people they are living in a bu…

Source Im glad this has finally been resolved! My thoughts are with the AFOs family at this time!

Police are hunting a group of children who tied a seven-year-old boy to a tree with a rope. Bradley McLachlan had the rope wrapped around his body, including his neck, during the incident at Bransbury Park, Portsmouth, Hampshire, at about midday on July 28.It is understood that three boys, all around the same age, were involved in the incident which police are treating as an assault. The youngster was able to free himself and was taken home by another boy. He was checked over at hospital but was able to return to play that afternoon. His mother Charleen, 30, from Portsmouth, told The Portsmouth News: "I feel sick and shocked someone could do this, not least other chil…